Ready for something (more than a bit) different? CBS News and Simon & Schuster have joined forces for a podcast/book project by popular CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, humorist, and history buff Mo Rocca. Rocca’s long love of obituaries has led him to Mobituaries, an irreverent but deeply researched appreciation of the people (and things) of the past who have long intrigued him—from an unsung Founding Father to the first Chinese-American superstar, from Neanderthals to the station wagon.
The Mobituaries podcast premieres January 17 with eight weekly episodes in the first season. Meanwhile, the book will be published in November 2019, to coincide with the second season, and will offer new, original stories combined with expanded “Mobits” from the podcast.
“Why should it be only the rich and famous who get obits? With Mobituaries we’re celebrating extraordinary people whose names you may not remember,” Rocca said. “Plus sitcom characters, historical epochs, and even snack foods that have all bitten the dust. Oh, and we’re also including rich and famous people because, come on, who doesn’t love Audrey Hepburn?”
“Who better to take CBS Sunday Morning to a new place than our resident humorist/historian Mo Rocca? Mobituaries has been a delight for us to work on — Sunday Morning storytelling in a longer form — with rich never-before-told yarns,” said Rand Morrison, Executive Producer of CBS Sunday Morning.
“Mo Rocca has a flair for storytelling with an abundance of humor, history, and heart,” said Jonathan Karp, President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing. “Our hope is that Mobituaries will be an extremely pleasurable matter of life and death for podcast listeners and readers. We’re looking forward to sharing it with the world.”
Listen to Mobituaries on:
Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Google Play Podcasts
Stitcher
